Superstar dancer Roberto Bolle
will appear as scheduled in Manon at Milan's La Scala opera
house on Thursday but with "reduced sets and lighting" due to a
strike among stage technicians.
Bolle and his co-star Svetlana Zakharova, the ballet corps
of La Scala and the orchestra conducted by David Coleman have
all confirmed their presence for the opening, a statement from
the opera house said.
"La Scala is sorry for the discomfort but considered
enabling the public to see the performance in any case to be a
priority," the statement continued.
Thursday's strike has been called by Italy's biggest trades
union confederation CGIL in protest over the decision by theatre
management not to take on new technical hires.
The 1974 ballet Manon is choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan
to music by Jules Massenet and based on the 1731 novel Manon
Lescaut by Abbé Prévost.
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